I don't really read books now. Mostly news articles. Not just the
standard political type but items I find most interesting in any
category. Space, computers, video games, and anything else that
catches my interest. I've read articles on gardening and I've never
turned my hand at that but it doesn't mean I'm not interested in
learning.

As far as movies I've liked Man on Fire, Idiocracy, Final Fantasy
VII: Advent Children, Grave of the Fireflies, Ong-Bak(the first
movie and only the first movie), Casshern(the live action movie),
and all the Harry Potter movies(saw the last one in 3D) to name a
few that come to mind.

As far as books I'd say my childhood favorite is a fantasy series
called the Death Gate Cycle, and as an adult I've read The True
Believer and 1984.